Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-24
THRIFTY COLLEGE GIRLS.
How Some Of Them Earn Money While
Studying.
THEY PLAY THE PART or MAIDS 10 wDAIfHY PUPILS
-xrNDrNe CLOTHES, GLOVES AND aHoEs PoR A
PnfANcE.

PnrANcE.
From the New York Morning Journal.
Enough money may be earned by . college girl
while at school TO pay her incidental expenses and
| perhaps part OF her board money, too said q
senior Of vassar College, who is home for the
Christmas holidays, the other evening as she dis
coursed TO q number Of girls on the pleasures and
prtvations Of life at that noted seat OF learning
Some one asked now that was possible when the
girls are penned In by so many restrictions and
must devote most Of their time to study.
"Oh, you should not imagine that college girl
mas no time for recreation" she exclaimed. "Why
most Of US have from four to I'VE hours Q day
which we may devote to study or play, as we
choose"
"But how do you make money!
swell, In dozen different ways; chiefly by
playing the part of maid TO girls OF wealth. Some
OF the girls who come up to vassar are a. helpless
as babes. They are the daughters Of miluonaires
ton on their boots In their lives. They are only
TOO glad TO have some one do those things for them
and that Is how the poorer girls make pocket
college and she stated during the first week that
her tuition and board were paid by a kind relat-
Thousand and one little incidentais she must earn
herself. She was awfully clever and did not have
an atom OF false pride. First she went to work
ana put q little sign on her door:
Gloves and shoes neatly mended for ten cents
each.
Breakfast brought up for ten cents.
Hair brushed each night for twenty-five cents a
Beds made up for ten cents o week.
"You think her terms extravagantly low7 Wen,
N college they were thought rather high at first,
they found how neatly she would brush hair and
curl II. TOO on reception nights why, every spare
moment Of her time was occupied"
doing such mental work." asked lady who seemed
"No, indeed!" exclaimed the vassar girl. "You
nonsense there is In our college, or in any other
girl college in this country, far as can md out
who are obliged to pinch and scrape to get through
college. Beauty and cleverness take with u.s. not
money. That little freshman made just $3.50 the
a6st year ana that paid all of her expenses and
Then" continued the vassar girl, 1--WE had an
other girl who did almost well Just dressmaking
FOR the other girls. She had knack at II, you
know, and she could take an old silk and nix it up
with tulie or lace, or something like that, and
MAKE max 81, LOOK Just too sweet All the girls were
She graduated last June and there is no one yet to
nHa ne, place If could only dressmake should
At Smith and wellesley Colleges many OF the
students make small sums OF money in similar
ways. 1--WE have one girl" said a Smith senior,
reeds came into fashion. Any won an can tell you
what tiresome articles they to put into dress
anu now O1ten they need fixing. Well, the girl
puts three new ones In for 80 cents and II she has
10 make cases for them she charges extra. don't
believe more than half OF our students In their
own reeds, 50 you can calculate how much she
makes. Tutoring is one OF the best ways OF earn
Ing money In Smith, although rev except seniors
nave II given them. This, you know, is teaching
backward pupils during spare hours, and the pay
Is 40 cents an hour. II girl has hour each day
Sne can make q week, and that will pay all in
cldental expenses, and her wash bill and her car
rares home during vacations. Most smith girls
pay 80 or 40 cents dozen for the laundering OF
white Clothes, and dozen pieces q week is the
usual number"
aren't you extravaganza"
mo, not at all The faculty doesn't approve Of
H. and even the wealthy girls dress very plainly as
o RUE Two school dresses term are SUFFICIENT,
ana three or TOUR are considered wildly eXLrava-
CANT. Smith girls who live in the college houses
are expected 10 make up their own beds but many
OIL them haze the work and give 1t to some college,
mate 10 do for % cents week. The general charge
Tor weekly mending Is ID cents and 10 cents extra
Ior Earning stockings. One girl mendS gloves beau
TRULY and gets 3 cents finger She always has
more work than she can do. Ttdying up bureaus
on saturdays Is 1our1shing business. and not an
easy one Some girls get their ribbons and hand
kerchlefS and gloves and such articles into dread
lul whirl, you know. Two girls who make exquis-
lte fancy work have coined quite little sum these
last two months making Christmas presents The
students supply the material and they do the work
Tor very reasonable prices"
AT wellesley one OF the students has almost paid
her way through college by sewing on shoe but
tons. Her charges are 10 cents dozen, and she
supplies the buttons and thread. She has almost
the entire trade OF the college, and spends two
hours every day at work.